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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Needs Versus Wants With a Happy Ending

My Internal Dialogue

The converstaion went something like this " I am now working hard at growing my own Fruit and Veg organically so I really need a brand spanking new watering can, as my seedlings are too little for a high pressured hose. " But do I really? Have I checked to find my old watering can. ? Can I turn down the pressure on my hose ? Would I rather have another no spend day or a watering can ?

This conversation went on long enough for me to drive home without buying one and you guessed it as soon as I drove into my Garage I spied my old green plastic watering can with the leaky spout, this was definitely a want against need dilemma and my frugal self won this round.

I have been making the most of my local library lately, and using the knowledge I get from the gardening and cooking vegetarian books to plan my garden, I have dug over and fertilised an area for my herb bed and an area for growing vegetables .

I already grow Bananas, Apple Guava and Paw Paw trees and have bought dwarf citrus trees which I can grow in pots, I have the tops off of 2 Pineapples rooting just now and as soon as they have a good root system going I will put them in my garden.

Can't wait to cultivate and eat my crops.

Apple Guava

Banana Plant

Paw Paw

Paid off some bills today and put some money into savings, I really don't have very much cash left to save with, but I need to feel as if I have more control than I really have over my debts and savings. It is going to take me until the end of April to get to the point of being able to start saving in earnest, can't wait...

End of April? That's not long Maureen!!!! Glad you won that battle with yourself - you had the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other! I have those sorts of conversations pretty much every day LOL! Sometimes the angel wins and sometimes the devil, but over the years I think my angel has won the majority of the battles. Why of why does it feel so good to spend??

I think we are coerced into thinking it feels good by Retailers, just have a look at TV adverts of happy shoppers swinging their numerous bags of purchases, boy are we sucked in. But yesterday I turned the tables on them.......

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About Me

When I first starting writing this blog I was working fulltime and trying to make up for a lot of bad financial decisions made over a large number of years.
I am now a full time housewife and carer to my aging MIL and on an aged pension so it is definitely too late to turn my finances around to the extent where I will be able to own a home again.
So let's make the best of a bad job and live as frugally and comfortably as possible for the rest of our lives.....